The next day Gray went to meet with Jellal at the docks. He had a boat, a board, a sail, and a camera already.
"Just so we're clear if the sharks eat you I won't be arrested right?" Gray asked holding up a recorder.
"Yes." Jellal sighed. "If I end up getting eaten by sharks which will not happen, you won't be held accountable."
"Okay. Then we can get down to business."
They got into the boat and rode it toward Tendrou Island. There Jellal stepped on to his board and got ready to wind surf.
"You sure you know what you're doing?" Gray asked him.
"Yes I am. Now start the camera."
"Wait a minute. Pay up." Gray said holding out his hand. "Give me the money now or no deal."
"You don't trust me?"
"Yes and with could reason too."
"Fine."
Jellal gave Gray the hundred dollars he promised him. After that Gray handed Jellal a walkie talkie, turned on the water proof video camera along with a timer and speed meter, and started filming. At first it was very slow and calm but then the wind picked up in Jellal's sail causing his board to go much faster. He steered it to glide around the island and jump it's waves at an excelling speed.
"I hate to say this." Gray said into the walkie talkie. "But if you keep going at this speed you'll probably beat your dad's record."
"Whoo-hoo!" Jellal shouted excitedly.
Gray tried to keep up with Jellal on the boat but the motor got flooded by some of the ocean water that splashed around the boat causing the motor to stop working.
"Oh great!" Gray said.
He put down the camera and started to try to restart the motor.
"Gray I can't see you anymore!" Jellal called from the walkie talkie. "What's happening?"
"I flooded the motor." Gray replied. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah I'm fine."
In that moment, Jellal flet very proud of himself. He was going to do break his father's record and he could hardly wait to his father's reaction when he found out about it. Unfortunately he was so caught up in his victory that he didn't realize that he was heading straight into shark territory. He saw one of their fins and was so startled that he accidentally fell off of his board. Before he realized it, he had become surrounded by five or six sharks.
"Help! Shark!" He shouted fearfully.
Meanwhile under the water, Erza swimming toward the island because she had forgotten her back pack at the pool. On her way there she caught sight of Jellal and the sharks. Even though she didn't like Jellal, she didn't believe that he deserved to be eaten alive by sharks. She remembered one time in Sonya's class, Sonya had said that the sharks native to Tendrou Island couldn't stand hot water. She swam underneath Jellal and used her powers to heat up the water. When the water started to bubble and steam, he looked down. He couldn't see much but he did see the sharks swim away and he got a glimpse of a large red fish tail.
"Hey what's that?"
But before he could get a better look at it, the tail swam away at an incredible speed.
"Jellal are you alright?" Gray asked. He had finally manged to get the motor running again and he drove the boat over to where Jellal was.
"Sharks!" He told him. "There were sharks everywhere and they were going to eat me!"
"I warned you that this was a shark breeding ground."
"Yeah but something scared them off."
"What?"
"I don't know. I didn't get a good look at it but it had a bright red tail."
"Red tail?" Gray said fearing what Jellal had seen.
"Yes didn't you see it?"
"No. No I didn't. Uh listen are you sure you didn't just imagine this red tail?"
"I know what I saw. A giant fish or sea creature saved me from those sharks."
"Intense fear can play tricks on your mind."
"It wasn't a trick. There was something down there and I'm going to find out what it is."
"Well that's not important right now. Let's get out of here before the sharks come back."
The went back to Magnolia as did Erza who before going home decided to check in and make sure that Jellal was okay. Not that she cared about him or so she told herself but because it was the right thing to do. She found him at his father's yacht being scolded by Mr. Fernanades.
"What were you thinking?!" He shouted angrily. "How could you be so foolish?!"
I just wanted to beat your record Dad and I did." Jellal said.
"And you think that's a good thing?"
"Sort of."
"Showing me up is something you consider a victory?"
"I wasn't trying to show you up Dad. It was meant to be a tribute to you."
"Well it's the dumbest tribute I've ever heard of."
"Omar please." Said Mrs. Fernandes who gently gripped her husband's shoulder. "He was only trying to-"
"Be quiet Alicia!" He said. "The boy needs to learn not to do things that will embarrass me!"
When his scolding was finished Jellal left the yacht looking very hurt and upset. Erza couldn't help but feel sorry for him, she had never actually seen his father and she didn't know much about his personality but if that was how he always spoke to Jellal then no wonder the guy acted like such a jerk.
"Hey." She said walking up to him.
"What are you doing here?" He asked her.
"Gray told me about that video you were making and I heard that you were almost eaten by sharks, I wanted to see if you were okay. Are you alright?"
"No." He admitted.
"Did they bite you?"
"It's not the sharks. It's...It's...I don't know why I'm telling you this but it's my dad." He said. "You know the only reason I made that video was because I wanted my dad to be proud of me...For once but he wasn't at all impressed."
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"I don't need your pity. I get enough of it from the staff."
"You know I'm not trying to make you feel inferior."
"Then what are you trying to do?"
"I'm trying to be kind."
He looked at her suspiciously, like he was expecting her to ask him for something. Like he believed the only reason she was being nice was because she wanted something from him.
"That's it?" He asked. "You just want to be nice?"
"What other reason could I have?"
He went silent for a moment and looked like he was going to answer but instead he walked away.
One week later Ur finally came home and everyone in her foster care was overjoyed to see her. She was a very slim woman in her thirites with extremely fair skin like Juvia and short dark hair that had purple highlights. Upon entering the house she smiled and embraced every one of her foster kids warmly.
"I've missed you all so much." She said.
"We made you a cake." Romeo said.
"And we got you some welcome home presents." Gray added.
"You all are so sweet." She said.
Gray handed her a wrapped up box. She opened it up and found a brand new camera inside.
"Gray this is amazing, how could you afford this?" Ur asked.
"I did a guy a really big favor. Do you like it?"
"Yes but it's too much. I can't accept this."
"Too bad it's non refundable. I made sure it was because I knew you would insist that I take it back even if you liked it."
"Oh come here you." She hugged him tight and kissed his forehead. He blushed but he secretly liked it, it reminded him of when his mother used to kiss his forehead. "Thank you so much."
"Here's my gift." Juvia said. "This one kind of goes with your first gift."
Her gift was an empty scrap book with a beautifully design cover nd plenty of pages to hold pictures.
"It's somewhere for you to keep your pictures when you take them. I know you keep them in your drawer but I think this would work better."
"That's so thoughtful."
"Do you really like it?"
"I love it, it's just what I need. Thank you sweetie." She hugged Juvia and kissed her forehead but as she pulled away from her she took notice of the locket which was around her neck. She looked at it as if it was something that she thought she would never see again.
"Ur are you okay?" Juvia asked noticing the strange look on her face.
"Yes. Yes I'm fine. What a pretty necklace you have there. May I see it?"
"Sure."
Juvia undid the chain and handed the locket to her. She gently ran her fingers over the pendent then opened it up, there was no picture inside. She seemed relieved by that.
"Where did you get this?" She asked. "Just out of curiosity."
"Gray gave it to me."
She turned to gray.
"I found it while swimming in the ocean." He said. "At the beach."
"Oh...I see. That's very nice of you to give it to Juvia, Gray." She handed the locket back to Juvia. "Anyway thank you all for the wonderful gifts and I can hardly wait to try that cake you made Romeo."
"You're going to love it." He told her.
"I'll be down to eat it as soon as I finish unpacking. Excuse me."
She went upstairs to her room, Romeo and Chelia went into the kitchen to get the cake, But Gray and Juvia just stood there feeling confused by Ur's actions.
"That was an interesting reaction." Gray said.
"I wonder why she was looking at my locket like that." Juvia said.
"Maybe she knows who previously owned it."
"If she did why wouldn't she tell us?"
"I don't know. Should we ask her about?"
"Not now. She just got home and she's had a long trip. The last thing she needs is us interrogating her."
"Good point."
"So let's just eat dinner, have some cake, talk, and be glad that she's back."
"Right."
"By the way how did things go with Jellal?"
"Pretty good. I got my money but I think he might have seen Erza."
"What do you mean?"
"He was attacked by sharks and he said something with a large red tail scared them away."
"Oh dear. He didn't see anything else did he?"
"Not that I know of."
"We better tell Erza and Lucy what happened. First thing tomorrow."
"Agreed."